US / UK troubadour JOSH OKEEFE is delighted to announce a busy summer schedule of festival appearances and live shows with the singular Lindi Ortega.

The aspiring singer-songwriter from England via Tennessee will be supporting Lindi at a string of UK dates kicking off at Sheffield’s The Leadmill on 5th June 2018 through to her final show at The Garage in London on the 14th June.

However, extending his visit with a number of festival appearances across the land, there’ll be many more chances to catch Josh throughout the month as he calls into the likes of Fire In The Mountain Festival (Aberwrystwyth), and other festivals across the summer. Full dates and details below.

Turning heads with his first tour of the UK last summer, Josh returns following a year of near constant travelling across the US and omnipresently performing with artists across the Nashville scene at noteworthy spots like Layla’s and Roberts Western World on Lower Broadway where one could see him either taking centre stage or playing the harmonica for someone else. On his ongoing quest to pen songs founded on substance, the last year has seen Josh notably put in emotional performances at Grenfell Tower’s Wall of Truth (a public space collating first hand accounts, facts, testimonies and statements created by and for members of the community affected), as well as performing at a gathering for Black Lives in Tennessee (as reported on by Huffington Post); both of which have been hard-hitting and inspirational new chapters in Josh’s own living songbook.

Often compared to the likes of Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie, Josh Okeefe is a worthy bearer of the torch lit by such folk legends who have gone before him. Like his heroes, he is an artist who prefers to let the songs do the talking, an enigmatic character with a penchant for the unpredictable. So what can we expect from Josh’s upcoming visit then?

“Who knows?” says Josh. “We will have to wait and see. One thing I do know is that there ain’t nothing better than playing music for folks, especially in the UK.”

With rumours of a new album in the works it seems the singer is keeping his cards close to chest for the time being, our only taster of what may appear on the record Josh’s incredibly moving ‘Grenfell Tower Fire’ video that emerged online earlier this year and as yet unreleased track ‘I Won’t Let You Down’ (as seen on his GemsOnVHS session).

However, those who have already seen Josh performing in the flesh from his former visits here will know to expect an stripped back acoustic set with an electric atmosphere, supercharged by Josh’s emotive songcraft.

In 2012, Derby, England native and folk-singer Josh Okeefe dropped out of school, traveled across the Atlantic and arrived in Nashville, In in search of the places his idols Hank Williams and Johnny Cash once graced. He became a regular in the rock and roll clubs on the east side and the legendary honky-tonks on Lower Broadway; met a host of other musicians and began writing songs at an astonishing pace.

Over a couple of nights in his 350 sq. ft Tennessee log cabin Okeefe recorded his critically acclaimed self-titled debut album with just a borrowed RCA Microphone from the 1960’s that vibrated its diaphragm and carbon to the to the voices of Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash, Guy Clark, and other towering specters of country music. and an Ampex 2-track Tape Machine which Okeefe purchased from JJ Cale’s estate for $100.

Catapulting himself into the spotlight Josh Okeefe has already performed with the likes of Alison Krauss and Jamey Johnson, earned headline festival spots and BBC Radio appearances, sang for the people at national and local protests and had his songs recorded by major label artists like Ashley Monroe and High Valley to name a few and this is just the start…

The nomadic duo tAngerinecAt was formed in 2008 in Ukraine as a collaboration between Ukrainian Eugene Purpurovsky and English Paul Chilton. Inspired by their studies, travels and music experiences in remote parts of the Carpathian Mountains, their music has also absorbed different forms of Ukrainian and Soviet counterculture; the classical music skills, composition, poetry, acting, directing and stage experience of Eugene since 1990 as well as influences from EDM, drone, blues, metal, prog-rock and more.

They have four independently released, successfully selling albums that have had airplay on BBC 2, BBC 3 and BBC 6. The band has toured internationally in Ukraine, UK and Russia from 2010 and since relocating to UK in 2016 have quickly gained momentum, intensively touring with headline shows all over UK.

Based on personal experience, themes of resistance are repeated throughout their new album Many Kettles, and also in the form of images and symbols that help you to survive.

“tAngerinecAt brought not just synth to the table, but a whole range of physical, classical instruments into the mix – most noticeably their use of the hurdy-gurdy, to make their music the deep notes of severe doom and dread that gave it the feeling of a rave in a mausoleum…”- Ben Knight, LEFTLION

“Watch out for: tAngerinecAt… this is some of the most powerful music I have heard in a long time…” – LOUDER THAN WAR

“I’ve never seen someone play a hurdy-gurdy so punk…” – DEVIL’S DYKE NETWORK

LOLA THE COSMIC GETAWAY

Lola the Cosmic Getaway are a musical duo formed by lead vocalist, Louise Connor.

Featuring ambient guitars, pulsing synths and rhythmic grooves along with Louise’s vocal comsicality, L CG aim to submerge the listener into a world of sound bordering on the realms of familiarity based around the unfamiliar sounds of outer-space.

YORKSHIRE VS ESSEX

Debut in Hull! Debut in Yorkshire! Formed in London in 2015, Simon Yorkshire (singer and trombonist), Chris Essex (bassist/effects monger) and Iain Hounslow (flutist/guitarist/synthist) narrate songs from fictional toymakers to Sheffield murderers…with cheeky slices of embellishment. YVE are Influenced by the likes of Robert Wyatt, Current 93, Scott Walker, Miles Davis, Nick Cave, The Residents, Bjork, Death Grips and Iannis Xenakis – without sounding much like any of them…

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Brand new raw blues project from local singer Pat Fulgoni, John Hogg – guitars, Billy Lockwood – drums, Keira Kenworthy – bass. Debut gig blew the roof off Marsh Blues Club this summer. “Pat Fulgoni could sing a pearl from its oyster” said US magazine Billboard. “Deleriously flowing soul” says DJ Mag. The 4 piece will be singing tunes from the blues album “Pat Fulgoni live in Prague” and many more classics ranging from BB King to Ray Charles to Stevie Ray Vaughan. Soul, blues and psychedelic rock! www.facebook.com/patfulgoniofficial

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Under The Influence presents Clean Cut

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Under The Influence presents Clean Cut Kid support

Doors 8 pm

£12 from seetickets and Hull Box Office

Clean Cut Kid deliver infectious ear-worm indie-pop melodies with autobiographical lyrics, once described as “soulful pop ballads, washed in Mersey water”. Their influences range from the current sounds of Arcade Fire and St. Vincent to legends like Bowie and Talking Heads.

Having toured relentlessly for three years, alongside recording their debut album with numerous producers and in numerous studios, Clean Cut Kid decided to take a 10 month break from touring to record new music. On Wednesday 12th September, the band will mark their return with new single ‘Emily,’ taken from their upcoming ‘Painkiller’ EP out 22nd October.

The first thing the band did was head back to their native Liverpool, where they rented a pod in an old shipping factory in the Baltic Triangle area of the city, and filled it with vintage recording equipment. Once that was fully set up, they locked themselves away for months on end, getting everything up to the standard they wanted.

Mike Halls (lead singer/guitarist) was adamant that these new songs would be more personal to Clean Cut Kid, both in the themes they cover, but also to the band as a whole. Explaining this, Mike says: “I want to write about things in my life, what we’re feeling, whether they be sad or joyous. The ultimate thing is to take the deepest emotions and work it in to a message that isn’t miserable.”

Written, recorded and engineered entirely by the band, ‘Emily’ finds Clean Cut Kid deviating from their indie-pop sound of first album Felt – released last year – in to a more lo-fi, American East Coast sound, complete with 70s-inspired, fuzz guitar lines, harmonic backing vocals, a stand-alone verse from Evelyn Halls (keys) and thudding drums, with echoes of Fleetwood Mac, The Rolling Stones and Phoebe Bridgers.

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SCREAMING TARTS PRESENTS… Tony Wright (Terrorvision) support.

Doors 8 pm

£11 BF from seetickets

When he’s not touring with Braford 90’s hit makers Terrorvision, Tony Wright writes, records and tours under his own name with a setlist made up of songs he has written on his acoustic guitar – some upbeat, some melancholic, but all thought-provoking.

To say Tony is a busy man would be an understatement. In addition to his three albums with his post-Terrorvision band ‘LaikaDog’, he has now released two solo albums to date with a third one in the works. ‘Thoughts ’n’ All’ is just Tony and his acoustic guitar. The follow up, ‘Walnut Dash’, released last year brought the evolution of Tony with his acoustic guitar and a full band.

Expect to hear tracks from his solo back catalogue along with some very familiar and reimagined Terrorvision classics.

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The Broken Orchestra are a four piece trip-hop act formed in Hull, UK in 2010 by production duo Pat Dooner and Carl Conway-Davis. Influenced by Hip-Hop, Jazz and Soul, the duo collaborated with various musicians, chopping and looping their performances to create tracks consisting of vocals, drums, guitar, bass, Rhodes piano and various samples and textures.

Their debut album ‘Shibui’ was initially released in Japan via ‘P Vine Records’, subsequently a worldwide release followed via Canadian label, ‘Phonosaurus Records’. ‘Shibui’ and later releases received airplay worldwide with regular airplay in the UK via BBC 6Music and BBC Radio 1. The first single ‘Over and Over’ was also featured on a Café Del Mar compilation. To add to the band’s uniqueness, their success was achieved without any live performances.

In 2017, the duo recruited guitarist Tom Kay and vocalist Emily Render to take The Broken Orchestra on the road. The band played a sold out debut show in their hometown of Hull in August 2017 followed by various other performances around the UK. ��The Broken Orchestra’s latest recording, the ‘Blinded EP’ was released on their own label ‘A Bridge Too Far Recordings’ in March 2018, The release was supported by a UK summer tour which saw them perform at Band On The Wall in Manchester, Hoochie Coochie in Newcastle, The Hi-Fi Club in Leeds and the BBC Introducing stage at Humber Street Sesh of which a crowd of over 30,000 attended.

The band will support Jazz legend and four-time Grammy Award winner Larry Carlton in October 2018 before taking a short break to record their second full- length album which is scheduled for release in 2019.

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53 Degrees North music industry conference is coming to Goole for a day of interactive workshops, panels and performances. Special guests and industry professionals will be on hand offering practical

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53 Degrees North music industry conference is coming to Goole for a day of interactive workshops, panels and performances. Special guests and industry professionals will be on hand offering practical workshops and discussions in music photography and journalism, lighting and sound, DIY music releasing and event management. The day will culminate in a live show featuring emerging local talent and guest artists. There will also be a chance to network with other musicians and industry professionals. Suitable for age 16

WORKSHOP 1-3pm

DIY Magazine’s Emma Swann will also be hosting a workshop on music journalism and photography to help up-and-coming musicians to refine their media presence.

PANEL 3.30-5.30pm

A specially selected panel of industry experts will be on hand to discuss innovations and opportunities in the sector, with Warren Records/53 Degrees North’s Stewart Baxter, BBC Introducing’s Alan Raw and streaming music royalties platform KYCKER.

PLATFORM 7pm

The day concludes with live performances from Junction’s School of Rock and Tuesday Night Music Club, a solo acoustic performance by Joe Hodgson from Sandra’s Wedding, spoken word artist Jodie Langford, Hull-based rapper Cameo and rock-band FINNO.

Tickets for the event are free, but places are limited for both the workshop and the panel discussion. Please register for each event you plan to attend. Conference attendees do not need to purchase tickets for the 53 Degrees North Platform as these are included in the registration.

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Due to popular demand, and having sold out “Black Kes: A Night With Queen” on the 30th, Black Kes will be doing it all again the day

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Due to popular demand, and having sold out “Black Kes: A Night With Queen” on the 30th, Black Kes will be doing it all again the day after! A selection of Queen’s greatest hits in a style you’ve never heard before.

This will be a matinee performance and family friendly.

Black Kes have also decided to give all money from ticket sales to a great charity, Hey Mind, in memory of Keith Flint.

It will cost only £4.00 per adult with accompanied kids going free. Again all door revenue will go a great local mental health charity.